December 09, 2019

Shanty Tramp 1967

Shanty Tramp is a 1967 film about a sleazy tramp in a small southern town. Joseph G Prieto is the director, he co-wrote the screenplay with Reuben Guberman, K Gordon Murray wrote the story. The woman in the picture is Eleanor Valli, she used the name Lee Holland for Shanty Tramp. She made two pictures for Herschell Gordon Lewis the same year, A Taste Of Blood and The Girl, The Body, And The Pill, then she didn't appear in anymore films.

Eleanor plays a sleazy gal named Emily, she hooks in the local bars for cheap. I wouldn't want to touch her but a black guy named Daniel sees her at the tent revival and can't take his eyes off of her. His mother warns him off "that shanty tramp". Daniel's mother is one of the only nice persons in the movie, she's a voice of reason. Daniel isn't listening and his interest turns into a death sentence for him and his mother. He rescues Emily from a rough biker and she takes him back to her place, her father catches them and Emily cries rape. It put Daniel on the run. The biker has gotten his gang together and they go looking for Daniel. One of the bikers kills Daniel's mother. Emily's father gets an angry mob together from the people in the revival tent and they go hunting Daniel. Emily kills her father and goes on the run. Daniel steals the bootlegger's car but has no luck getting away. Emily manages to escape to spread her vile sleaziness in another town. I can only hope she winds up dead in a ditch somewhere.

It's two big draws are the sleazy story and Emily's knockers hanging out. It isn't as overly racist as you might suspect, it's just so very sleazy. I imagine I can see the slimy trail following Emily out of town. It scores a 5.9 on the IMDb, a lot of people gave it a 6. I would give it a 6 for the sleazy story but knock off a point for the execution. I'd think I'd watch it again sometime. I found the DVD cheap enough so I can.